The Vanishing Present: Wisconsin's Changing Lands, Waters, and Wildlife - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0226871711 ISBN 13: 9780226871714

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2008

Synopsis

Straddling temperate forests and grassland biomes and stretching along the coastline of two Great Lakes, Wisconsin contains tallgrass prairie and oak savanna, broadleaf and coniferous forests, wetlands, natural lakes, and rivers. But, like the rest of the world, the Badger State has been transformed by urbanization and sprawl, population growth, and land-use change. For decades, industry and environment have attempted to coexist in Wisconsin—and the dynamic tensions between economic progress and environmental protection makes the state a fascinating microcosm for studying global environmental change.
The Vanishing Present brings together a distinguished set of contributors—including scientists, naturalists, and policy experts—to examine how human pressures on Wisconsin’s changing lands, waters, and wildlife have redefined the state’s ecology. Though they focus on just one state, the authors draw conclusions about changes in temperate habitats that can be applied elsewhere, and offer useful insights into future of the ecology, conservation, and sustainability of Wisconsin and beyond.
A fitting tribute to the home state of Aldo Leopold and John Muir, The Vanishing Present is an accessible and timely case study of a significant ecosystem and its response to environmental change.

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About the Authors

Donald M. Waller is professor of botany and environmental studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Thomas P. Rooney is assistant professor of biological sciences at Wright State University. 

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226871711
• ISBN 13: 9780226871714
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 507
• Editor: Waller Donald M., Rooney Thomas P.